<p>Decision: Deferred
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/108812-deferred-stanford-more-meangingful.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/108812-deferred-stanford-more-meangingful.html</a> (I agree with this person’s statement towards deferrals)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Very average and did not send.
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 710 Math II, 650 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): less than a 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.25-ish?
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/400-ish
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): None (taken the classes, never taken the tests)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):-------
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Harder than anything ever and in mass quantity as well (10 classes mostly weighted/AP + internship). HOLY BUHJEEZUS!
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHD National Qualifier (which means we placed in State and Regional levels beforehand), All-State Band, etc.[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (not filling out, I apologize)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: (not filling out, I apologize)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: (not filling out, I apologize)
[</em>] Summer Activities: (not filling out, I apologize) and it’s not like they even have any room on the Common App for you to list ALL of your credentials…[/ul]</p>
<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
Interesting. They were interesting, or at least fun to read. Almost every essay ties in with another essay (or all of them tie together), so that was pleasant.
[</em>] Common App Main: 9 (My life, basically)
[<em>] EC Short Answer: Don’t remember… What was the topic? Elaborate on extra currics? If so, then maybe a 7 (YLL)
[</em>] Intellectual Vitality: 8 (NHD)
[<em>] Roommate: 9 (I talked about my books, if any of you read manga, I mentioned Tokyo Mew Mew in it, IT’S RIDICULOUS! hahaha)
[</em>] Why Stanford: 8 (ties in with the rest of my essays…)
[<em>] Other: 9 (Zoo School :] )[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: (not filling out, I apologize)[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: (not filling out, I apologize)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: (not filling out, I apologize)
[</em>] Additional Rec: (not filling out, I apologize)
[<em>] Interview:-----------
[</em>] Art Supplement:-------- (I chickened out as well… plus the due date was WAY too early)[/list]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Halloween (a.k.a. LAST), at like 10:30 pm, I like living on the edge :]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Neb-to-the-raska
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle class for where I live, poor for where you live
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Damnit! None! [/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays :] They really brought out my personality, I worked on them SO MUCH. ACT. I go to a Science Focus Program. I could go on, but too many people here would not consider them strengths…
[</em>] Weaknesses: Everything. Subject tests, bad quarter grade report (too many B’s… <em>sigh</em>), no national FINALIST awards (tried to do intel, college professors here are so stingy; doing NHD again this year, but it will be June once it’s time for nationals). I’m not valedictorian, and started high school off with really shotty grades (started out freshman year ranked in the 60s, but steadily improved).
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think they want to see my semester grades, rather than my bad quarter grades. Will this seal the deal? Who knows?</p>[/li]
<p>But let me just say one thing, those of you who get perfect SAT scores and are looking at my scores and are having your eyeballs pop out of their sockets, or have been valedictorian all throughout high school, I guess from this stand point, none of that really matters as long as you’re in the ball park, and have a passion (serious passion) about life. I hope those of you who have trouble with this find it someday :] I’m rooting for you.
[li] What would you have done differently?: I don’t know. I feel proud of what I’ve done thus far. I was by no means a shoe in, that’s for sure, and I did my best with what I had at the time. I’m working hard, and love this burst of motivation. [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments:
[GOOD LUCK TO EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WAS DEFERRED, WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT. I feel really lucky to be deferred from Stanford I truly see it as a silver lining because barely anybody gets deferred from Stanford (unlike MIT and Yale)! Please wish us all luck! Keep optimistic!</p>
<p>Congratulations sooooooooooo much to those who’ve already made it in!! Don’t let us down. I feel so happy seeing the credentials of those who were accepted, you guys make me proud!</p>
<p>Others who were rejected, my good friend who is valedictorian at my same school was rejected, goodness sake he is so smart! Don’t cry for too long, pick yourself back up. You know you’re intelligent, just don’t be cocky (there are so many people on here who for the “why do you think you were rejected” part put, “I don’t know”. Some of you have the right to say that, but honestly, that’s just your opinion man (oh my gosh! lebowski quote!) and you should learn to be a bit more humble.) Perhaps we’ll meet again someday :]](<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/824165-official-stanford-rea-admissions-2014-discussion-thread.html"“>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/824165-official-stanford-rea-admissions-2014-discussion-thread.html”</a>)</p>
<p>I’m sending positive karma waves to all of you! Good luck with life!</p>